Tomorrow I head for North Carolina for two in store appearances at Audio Advice in Raleigh-Durham tomorrow evening and in Charlotte on Thursday evening.
Then it's off to Los Angeles for the weekend. Saturday night is the 30th Anniversary party for the Disney Sci-Fi cult classic "TRON." I supervised the soundtrack, which was nominated for two Academy Awards for best sound. We lost to "E.T."
There's going to be a screening of a 70MM 6 track AAA print at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood before which I'll take part in a panel discussion. It should be fun!
But of course all of this traveling means less new content posted to Analogplanet. I hope you understand. However, I have a review of SME's new 20/3 just about finished and a lot more equipment introductions to post from Rocky Mountain Audio Fest as well as many great photos taken at Quality Record Pressings.
If I land with sufficient time before tomorrow night's event I will get as much of it posted as possible. Meanwhile, once home next week, I'll be busy with record reviews and I have heard from my EMI contact and next week will get the poop on The Beatles reissues from mastering engineer Sean Magee!
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This is the best job in the whole world, I envy you! Besides the fact that you get to work, you actually travel and explore new places each time between festivals, without spending extra money! I hope someday I'll do the same, but untill then I'll just stick to the usual family vacations!
Only as long as you are having fun though.
Man to browse the shelves at Acoustic Sounds would be awsome. ENJOY!
And we'll be waiting for the scoop from Abbey Road studios along with more of your other writings. Now here's my want list from Acoustic Sounds......... :D
Been reading articles like the review of the VPI Classic 3. You were right on about the sound. Got the Classic 1 with the periphery ring and center weight upgrade. (and an Oracle Phono Pre)
Spectacular!
Its been a great investment. My planet is a whole lot more analog now.
Your reliable reviews are appreciated!
The SME 30 review would interest me a lot.
At some point I'll be getting a turntable for the office :-)
I've been watching bits and pieces of "Suits".
Love that wall of vinyl.
Just remember that The Chinise had a rep as having some of the worst THX sound on the west coast. I dont' know if it was ever fixed. It was really really bad. I'm shocked that it being a Disney flim the screening is not at The El Capatin , which IMO is a far better house.
Before dropping $350 on the Beatles vinyl reissue, I would really like to get your take on the sound/pressing quality. Of course I'm interested in learning about what resolution the digital files were that were used, but am frankly more interested in what they actually sound like in your opinion.
I don't get hung up on the digital source per se (the digital fix that Music Matters did at the beginning of Song for My Father was transparent as far as I could tell). The final result is what matters.
Keep up the good work.
Have a great and safe trip and we know you will have much to write about upon returning. If we had lives if wouldn't matter. lol
Oh, wait, I have papers to grade. Dang. It's math so I can grade and listen to vinyl.
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"But of course all of this traveling means less new content posted to Analogplanet. I hope you understand."
Even though I know you for a pretty long time now, it's still been hard for me to believe that there aren't three or four Michael Fremer's writing all the content you manage to dispense in such a short time. So no need for apologies - ever! Safe travel and have fun......
of those Doors "LA Woman" pressings do you own brother? It looks like several red albums under the one visible over your shoulder. Please understand, I am not being critical, I just may need this information next time my wife counts the Beatles records I have!
Trey
There's a lot of records between the two visible Doors albums...assuming alphabetical order...WTF?!
Wait, is this a warehouse??
I know Mikey owns a bazillion lps and probably can't justify buying more, other than just because he can. This IS what "a kid in the candy store" looks like.
Hi Michael,
It was a pleasure to meet you and to hear your presentation at Audio Advice. Sometimes when you meet your "heros", it's a disappointing affair, but I must say you were extremely friendly, down to earth, and intelligent, so abosolutely no disappointment with you. It was a thrill to see your infectious enthusiasm for vinyl and music. Your carrying of the LP thorch is awesome and inspiring, and I wish there were more people like you out there in the media, especially the mainstream media. It's kind of amazing, the impact that you have been able to achieve on vinyl reproduction and turntables/arms/cartridges, and doing it pretty much by yourself. Three cheers!!! Keep up the good work, and I hope our paths will cross again someday.
Good listening,
Mike
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Michael,
Can't thank you enough for all your work particularly over the past decade with vinyl reviews. Looking forward to hearing more news regarding the 2012 Beatles LP box set (and perhaps news about the 2013 Spring Beatles Mono LP Box set, if that's indeed on track).
Would love to see a channel here for owners to post their reference components and to get feedback from the community - particularly any others who have similar rigs. It could generate some interesting perspectives... :-)
Cheers!
Robert
I see in the photo, 2 Doors lps on different shelves. How do you catagorize your lps? It doesnt appear to be alphabetical?
Greetings all.
Five years ago I started collecitng vinyl records again and I have become more serious about the obsession, as I ever did as a kid back in the early '70s.
Reading Michael's reviews and those from other sources (British Audio Magazines) has put a big dent, at times, in my wallet from buying so many awesome sounding vinyl albums.
"www.elusivedisc.com" told me that they have over 100,000 cutomers worldwide and I bet that "Music Direct" and "Discogs" are in that same ballpark.
Reading the reocrd reviews in vinyl magazines like: Hi-Fi News, Hi-Fi Sound, The Absolute Sound and Stereophile has provided me with the best quilaity sounding library I have ever had and of course it's on vinyl ... not on cd or digital download.
The superior sound quality (the warmth) from vinyl records out performs any cd or digital downlaod.
Keep feeding us the album reviews Michael and same goes for all the Vinyl Record and Audiophile Magazines out there.
"Vinyl Rules" ......... James
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